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The association between protein–energy malnutrition, malaria morbidity and all-cause mortality in West African children
Article first published online: 4 JUN 2003
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01043.x
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Müller, O., Garenne, M., Kouyaté, B. and Becher, H. (2003), The association between protein–energy malnutrition, malaria morbidity and all-cause mortality in West African children. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 8: 507–511. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01043.x
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Keywords:
- Africa;
- Burkina Faso;
- malaria;
- malnutrition;
- mortality
Summary
Both malaria and protein–energy malnutrition (PEM) are highly prevalent in young children of sub-Saharan Africa, and the association between PEM and malaria continues to be discussed controversially. We analysed the association between PEM, malaria morbidity and all-cause mortality in a cohort of 709 children aged 6–30 months in a malaria holoendemic rural area of Burkina Faso. Study children were followed over the main malaria transmission period (June–December) in 1999 through longitudinal malaria surveillance complemented by three cross-sectional clinical surveys. There was no association between PEM and malaria morbidity, but malnourished children had a more than two-fold higher risk of dying than non-malnourished children.